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Mary Elizabeth Dennison Ross and Robert Murray Ross went to California, in a covered wagon. But, she was afraid of the Indians, so they went back home to Illinois.
Mary Elizabeth Dennison Ross and her son, Charles Daniel Ross, are living with her daughter, Mary Lazetta (Etta Anne) Ross Sims, on the 1900 Adams County, Illinois census. Mary Elizabeth Dennison Ross states that she has had 4 children and 4 are living. On the 1900 Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory census Robert Murray Ross is living with his second wife, Mary B. Ferguson Ross.
Four Generations Picture Left to Right: Clara Mayreatha Ross Hughes, Mary Elizabeth Dennison Ross holding Ross Earl Gibson, and Alma Lazetta Hughes Gibson
Ross and Dennison Information by Mary Ann Hughey Hames 2 This document was written by the great granddaughter of Nancy Gracey Peterie Dennison, Mary Ann Hughey Hames.
In it she mentions A. P.(Andrew Pike) Peterie being the cousin of her mother, Virgie Viola Ross Hughey. In reality, Andrew Pike Peterie was actually the second cousin twice removed of Virgie Viola Ross Hughey.
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